The Ormulum / with the notes and glossary of R.M. White ; edited by Robert Holt.

                                
                                  Wiþþ mannkinn þatt wass stunnt, & dill,
                                
                                  & skilllæs swa summ asse.
                                  Line 3715 
                                
                                  & asse — þohh itt litell be,
                                
                                  Itt hafeþþ mikell afell
                                
                                  To berenn upp well mikell sæm,
                                
                                  Ȝiff mann itt doþ þæronne.
                                
                                  & swa wass neh all follc þatt daȝȝ
                                  Line 3720 
                                
                                  Þatt Crist comm her to manne,
                                
                                  Neh all itt wass þa strang inoh
                                
                                  To þeowwtenn laþe gastess,
                                
                                  To berenn upp þatt laþe sæm,
                                
                                  To don alle þeȝȝre wille.
                                  Line 3725 
                                
                                  & þurrh þatt Godd wass wurrþenn mann
                                
                                  Forr ure miccle nede,
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt wass he, þatt witt tu wel,
                                
                                  All wiþþ hiss lefe wille
                                
                                  Niþþredd & wannsedd wunnderrliȝ,
                                  Line 3730 
                                
                                   [col 92] & laȝhedd inn himm sellfenn,
                                
                                  Forr o þatt hallf þatt he wass mann,
                                
                                  Mann mihhte himm fon & pinenn
                                
                                  Wiþþ ha¯¯t & kald, wiþþ nesshe & harrd,
                                
                                  Wiþþ pine off þrisst & hunngerr,
                                  Line 3735 
                                
                                  & cwellenn himm mann mihhte wel
                                
                                  Inn ure mennisscnesse.
                                
                                  & Godd wass wurrþenn swa forr uss
                                
                                  Ȝe¯¯t lasse þann an enngell;
                                
                                  Forr mann ne maȝȝ nohht enngell seon
                                  Line 3740 
                                
                                  Ne tăkenn himm ne bindenn,

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Title: The Ormulum / with the notes and glossary of R.M. White ; edited by Robert Holt.
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Publication: Oxford :: At the Clarendon Press,; 1878.

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